International norms on citizenshipThe right to a nationality State succession and citizenship Discrimination and arbitrary deprivation of citizenship Due process in relation to expulsion The jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

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Citizenship under colonial rule The basis of citizenship law today Right to a nationality Citizenship by descent Racial and ethnic discrimination Gender discrimination Botswana: The Unity Dow Citizenship Case Reforms in North Africa Ethiopia: The constitution and law are gender neutral, but practice is not

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48 50 53

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C I t I z e n S h I P l Aw In AfrICA

Proof of nationality
Supreme Court rules on proof of nationality in DRC

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Dual citizenship
A change of mind on dual citizenship in East Africa

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Citizenship by naturalisation Citizenship requirements for public office Egypt: Dual citizenship and political rights

64 73
74

Rights for the African diaspora
Ethiopia Ghana

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76 77

Loss and deprivation of citizenship Right to identity documents and passports Egypt recognises the right of adherents of “non-recognised” religions to documentation

List of tablesTable 1: Countries providing a right to a nationality Table 2: Right to citizenship by descent Table 3: Right to pass citizenship to a spouse Table 4: Countries permitting and prohibiting dual citizenship for adults Table 5: Right to acquire citizenship as an adult by naturalisation or registration/declaration Table 6: Criteria for loss of citizenship 38 40 49 63 68 84

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Sources and acknowledgmentsThis report was written by Bronwen Manby, of the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) of the Open Society Foundations, based on a comparative analysis of the citizenship laws of 53 countries in Africa. The report is twinned with a book on citizenship in Africa published by Zed Books during 2009 in its “African Arguments” series. The book gathers case studies of the practice of statelessness and citizenship discrimination in Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and elsewhere. These case studies also inform the analysis in the current report. An almost complete set of African citizenship laws has been collected. These laws are listed in the appendix at the end of the report and, where not previously available, have also been suppled to the UN Refugee Agency for inclusion on their website in the Refworld database of resources. The study also refers to national and regional jurisprudence, and to...

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